SB2023082181 - Fedora 37 update for yajl

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SB2023082181 - Fedora 37 update for yajl

Published: August 21, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023082181
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24795)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when handling large inputs. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and perform a denial of service attack.


2) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-33460)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the yajl_tree_parse() function. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References